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Patent No.:

US 9643484 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2017

Filed:

Feb. 21, 2014

Method for operating a hybrid vehicle

Applicant:

Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, Wolfsburg, DE;

Inventor:

Benjamin Krafzig, Lehre, DE;

Assignee:

Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, Wolfsburg, DE;

Attorney:

Kusner & Jaffe

Primary Examiner:

Atul Trivedi

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 15/03 (2006.01); B60W 20/00 (2016.01); B60W 10/06 (2006.01); B60W 10/08 (2006.01); F02M 25/08 (2006.01); B60W 20/15 (2016.01); B60K 15/035 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 15/03 (2013.01); B60W 10/06 (2013.01); B60W 10/08 (2013.01); B60W 20/1082 (2013.01); B60W 20/15 (2016.01); F02M 25/08 (2013.01); B60K 2015/0319 (2013.01); B60K 2015/03236 (2013.01); B60K 2015/03514 (2013.01); B60K 2015/03571 (2013.01); B60W 2530/12 (2013.01); B60W 2530/14 (2013.01); Y02T 10/6286 (2013.01); Y10S 903/904 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for operating a hybrid vehicle which comprises at least one internal combustion engine with a fuel tank and a filter, and an additional motor for driving the vehicle. The filter is designed to receive fuel vapors from the fuel tank in a filtering mode and to discharge the fuel vapors to the internal combustion engine in a flushing mode. In the method, a current operating point of the internal combustion engine is detected and the flushing mode of the filter is activated according to the current operating point and an operating time of the vehicle.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Krafzig, Benjamin. (2017). Method for operating a hybrid vehicle (U.S. Patent No. 9643484). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9643484

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